
Working in paint, clay, METAL + paper
Surrounded as we are by the whirlpool of negative media, world leaders trying to out-mad each other daily, local politicians pushing thorns in our side and Kokerbooms keeling over, artist Karen Stewart has picked up her angle grinder and paint brushes to create a few moments of calm and contemplation.
She is a hard-edge abstract artist and botanical art curator based in Cape Town. She is known for painting and sculpture in many mediums. Colour stimulates our brains and our imaginations and Karen says that she wants her works to inject life and vibrancy onto the walls of homes and working spaces. The shapes are like puzzles that we look at and try to work out in our own heads.
'Keyhole', 91 x 76cm, acrylic on canvas, 2024
will be shown at my solo in June 2025 at WORLDART
Portrait: Yasser Booley
I am represented by WORLDART and Graham Contemporary.
Contact my galleries directly to acquire my work.
My paper and clay works are available directly from me.
WORLDART specialises in supporting African urban and contemporary artists. Established in 2004 and situated in Cape Town, South Africa, this gallery has nurtured several of South Africa’s top contemporary artists and remains committed to introducing new artists with a bright future.
OWNER: Charl Bezuidenhout
Graham Contemporary represents living contemporary artists, emerging, mid-career and established, from Africa and diaspora in a critically engaged programme with a focus on concept and abstraction in the African context, exclusively on the primary market.
OWNER: Graham Britz
Cat Cow Escape Monotomy, 71 x 56cm, 2024
PAINTING
Brave New World, currently on show at Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg
Check out this great video by Aiden Auret
Video edited by Claire Stewart
This body of work produced over 4 years exemplifies my love of paper and collage. Paper is my first love!
From soil we come, to soil we return... Clay forms the foundation of many of my ideas.
2025 The Joy Project, WORLDART, Cape Town
2019 The Anxiolytic Effect, Candice Berman Gallery, JNB
2017 Streets Ahead, Cape Town
2007 Opening the Curiosity Box, NLSA, Cape Town
2024 Winner 10 New Artists for WORLDART Gallery Cape Town
2024 Brave New World Graham Contemporary Johannesburg
2024 Ceramics SA Regional Exhibition Spin Street Gallery Cape Town
2023 Ceramics SA Regional Exhibition Spin Street Gallery Cape Town
2023 Maker’s Mark Ceramics Exhibition Hangklip Ceramics Festival
2021 Art on Paper XII Kalkbay Modern Cape Town
2020 – Oct 2021 Art is Where the Home is Zeits Mocca Cape Town
2019 Lagos Biennial 2 Àkéte Art Foundation Lagos Nigeria
2019 Pop In Art Sale Paul du Toit’s Art Studio Cape Town
2019 #ArtLadies Berman Contemporary Johannesburg
2019 Big in Japan Candice Berman Gallery Johannesburg
2019 The Anxiolytic Effect RMB Turbine Art Fair Johannesburg
2019 New Blood Art@first Association Sandton
2019 Works on Paper X Kalk Bay Modern Cape Town
2018 The Weather Girls Dorp Street Gallery Stellenbosch
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